Online Event
Is Lyon the Birthplace of French Cooking?
ZoomPamela Druckerman interviews chef and author Bill Buford AFJ members are invited to this free online session hosted by Pamela Druckerman via Zoom from Paris, as part of her popular Pandemonium URead More...
Coping, resisting, collaborating: Artists and intellectuals in Nazi-occupied Paris with Alan Riding
OnlinePamela Druckerman interviews Alan Riding AFJ members are invited to this free online session hosted by Pamela Druckerman via Zoom from Paris, as part of her popular Pandemonium U series of educationalRead More...
French Versus American Food Rules, and What That Reveals About Us
Pamela Druckerman talks with Claude Fischler and Guillemette Faure about the unspoken rules of French dinner parties, the nature of eating in each country, and why French and Americans have so manyRead More...
BASTILLE DAY BYOW&C
ZoomPull out your French flags and bring your favorite wine and cheese to join AFJ in a virtual Bastille Day celebration. We'll test your knowledge of French language and culture with someRead More...
Secrets and History of the Paris Métro
ZoomJoin Alliance Française de DuPage Vice-President Charles Coulon as he takes a deep dive into the Paris Métro system. Charles, who lived in Paris and is bilingual French-English, is an acknowledged Métro expert and knows the grid and its history like no one else.
Hidden Secrets of Paris with Oliver Gee
OnlineSaturday, August 22 1:00 p.m. CDT presented by the Federation of Alliances Françaises USA In English Oliver Gee, the host of the popular Paris podcast The Earful Tower has lived in ParisRead More...
A Frenchwoman in Provence, with Mireille Guiliano
Online | ZoomJoin acclaimed author Mireille Guiliano as she reads from her new book-in-progress, discusses Covid-19 and revisits the principles of her best-seller, Why French Women Don’t Get Fat.